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Using Umkhonto

  • In the example corpus, umkhonto often appears in combinations such as: umkhonto wesizwe, umkhonto we, the umkhonto.

Context around Umkhonto

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

published 1× real 1× name 1× party 1× actionsa 1× new 1× joined 1× join 1×

Often after:

wesizwe 13×

Sentence patterns with Umkhonto

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

zuma s umkhonto wesizwe mk 2× and his umkhonto wesizwe mk 1× and joined umkhonto we sizwe 1× as such umkhonto wesizwe would 1× because that umkhonto wesizwe is 1× both the umkhonto wesizwe mk 1× like actionsa umkhonto wesizwe party 1× new party umkhonto wesizwe or 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after completing his 1× da leader john 1× former south african 1× he continued to 1× in 2016 thula 1× in kwazulu natal 1×

Common sentence endings:

anc of ramaphosa 1× coalition in gauteng 1× end of apartheid 1× for the party 1× had not accounted 1× master s degree 1×

Words around Umkhonto

Just before it in the word index:

umkehrwalze 2 umkc 26 umit 2 umist 8 umino 19 uminga 2

Just after it in the word index:

umkomaas 11 uml 32 umlauf 2 umlaut 41 umlauted 8 umlauts 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulrasheed 26 abhinav 26 aboriginals 26 abstractly 26 accidentals 26 accrues 26

Corpus analysis for Umkhonto

  • In this selection, "umkhonto" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, published, real, name and wesizwe stand out and add context to how "umkhonto" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include zuma s umkhonto wesizwe mk and and his umkhonto wesizwe mk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "umkhonto" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with umkhonto

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This one is urgent because that uMkhonto weSizwe is our colours, logo, slogans and everything. (15 words)

He continued to be an activist and joined Umkhonto we Sizwe’s (MK) technical office in the early 1960s. (19 words)

Malema also lost his long-time deputy Floyd Shivambu and several other high-profile members to Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

In the days just before this, the two biggest political rivals in the province were going at each other in court, fighting not just over who owns the name uMkhonto weSizwe, but also the position of the spear on the logo of Jacob Zuma’s MK party. (47 words)

News today includes former president Jacob Zuma and his uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party have been given an extension to file answering affidavits in the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to an urgent appeal by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). (39 words)

With new players like ActionSA, Umkhonto weSizwe Party and Patriotic Alliance expected to have their own say in Gauteng, the ANC seems to be leaving nothing to chance by calling on its big guns to campaign for the party. (39 words)

Example sentences (18)

He said the ANC led by Cyril Ramaphosa was not the organisation he knew and, as such, uMkhonto weSizwe would rescue it from the current leadership.

In 2016, Thula Simpson, an academic historian who now teaches at the University of Pretoria, published Umkhonto we Sizwe: The ANC’s Armed Struggle, the first comprehensive history of the army of the African National Congress (ANC).

The launch of the Umkhonto We Sizwe MK party comes months before South Africa holds its general election that will mark 30 years since the end of apartheid.

DA leader John Steenhuisen has called into question MK party members' understanding of the history behind “the real uMkhonto we Sizwe”, the ANC's armed wing.

Former South African president and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma shakes hands with supporters at Ntolwane Primary School polling station in Nkandla on 29 May 2024, during South Africa’s general election.

In KwaZulu-Natal, where the polls show the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party surging, there is even deeper fear of the prospect of a coalition government led by the MK party in alliance with the EFF.

In the days just before this, the two biggest political rivals in the province were going at each other in court, fighting not just over who owns the name uMkhonto weSizwe, but also the position of the spear on the logo of Jacob Zuma’s MK party.

Jacob Zuma, the scandal-scarred former president, has benefited from this misery, helping start a new party, umKhonto weSizwe, or MK, which won nearly 15% of the vote, mostly at the expense of his former party, the ANC.

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Malema also lost his long-time deputy Floyd Shivambu and several other high-profile members to Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.

News today includes former president Jacob Zuma and his uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party have been given an extension to file answering affidavits in the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to an urgent appeal by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC).

On one hand, the ANC was facing an onslaught from both the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) and Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal and a possible ousting by a DA-led coalition in Gauteng.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are on the offensive to expose former President and uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) leader Jacob Zuma for his past sins for which he had not accounted.

The largest and most vocal was former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), which warned electoral authorities against going ahead with the final announcements.

This one is urgent because that uMkhonto weSizwe is our colours, logo, slogans and everything.

With new players like ActionSA, Umkhonto weSizwe Party and Patriotic Alliance expected to have their own say in Gauteng, the ANC seems to be leaving nothing to chance by calling on its big guns to campaign for the party.

Zuma declared in December that he will not be voting for the ANC but for the new uMkhonto weSizwe party in the May general election, saying he doesn’t recognise the ANC of Ramaphosa.

He continued to be an activist and joined Umkhonto we Sizwe’s (MK) technical office in the early 1960s.

After completing his first degree, Mbeki planned to join uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and he sought permission to do so, but this plan was vetoed by Tambo, who advised him to do a Master's degree.

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Common combinations with umkhonto

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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